Final Product

Structure

Lava

 This shows how strong and static synthetic cotton wool fibers are when exposed to lots of friction. Secondly it shows how the different densities react to light. The edges are transparent somewhat but the fuzz means you cannot see through, whereas the dense inner structure has sucked up the available space and you can see through each row.

Wave

Synthetic cotton wool absorbs only to a certain degree. It's chemical make up causes it to repel the dye. Until I rubbed and rubbed and soak and soaked, it remained in clumps. You can see this here.
What is also interesting about this final experiment is how coarse the wool became.





I have explained the properties of this particular type of experiment a lot throughout my blog - this was actually my first and remains my most successful product. I like how this photo ambiguously shows off the web-like pattern created when heat was applied, it looks like a glacial wave.